CCI ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

CCI ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
WhichAAorticAleafletAisAtheAsuperiorAoneAinAtheAPSLAA-AcorrectAanswersRightALeaflet

NameAtheAtricuspidAleafletsA-AcorrectAanswersPosteriorAandAAnterior

TheAcoronaryAarteriesAcomeAoffAofAthe..A-AcorrectAanswersSinusAofAValsalva

NameAtheAvesselsAcomingAoffAtheAarchAandAtheAmostAproximalAorAdistal.A-
AcorrectAanswersInnominateA(proximal),AleftAcarotid,AandAtheAleftAsubclavianA(distal)



WhatAcardiacApathologyAisAassociatedAwithAbicuspidAaorticAvalves?A-
AcorrectAanswersCoarctation AofAtheAAorta



WhereAdoAtheAmostAaorticACoarctationAoccur?A-AcorrectAanswersAfterAtheAtake-
offAofAtheAleftAsubclavianAartery,AorAwithinAtheAaorticAisthmus

WhereAareAtheApulmonaryAveinsAloca?AWhichAonesAareAseenAinAthisAview?A-
AcorrectAanswersRightsAandAleftAsuperiorA(upper)ApulmonaryAveins



WhereAisAtheAcoronaryAsinusAlocated?A-AcorrectAanswersPosteriorAAVAgroove

ToAvisualizeAtheAcoronaryAsinusAinAtheAapicalA4AchamberAviewAyouAshouldAtiltAtheAtransducer..A-
AcorrectAanswersPosterior



DuringAwhichAphaseAdoAtheAcoronariesAfill?A-AcorrectAanswersearlyAdiastole

WhereAisAtheAchiariAnetworkAlocated?A-AcorrectAanswersRA

WhatAportionAofAtheApulmonaryAvenousAPWADopplerArepresentsAatrialAsystole?A-
AcorrectAanswersAAwave



KnowAfrequencyAforATEEAprobesAversusATTEA-AcorrectAanswersTTEAprobesAareAusuallyAhigherA5-
7MGz,AwhileATTEAprobesAareA2-7MHz

AtAwhatAtemperatureAisAitAunsafeAtoAuseAaATEEAprobe?A-AcorrectAanswers40-45C

KnowATEEAviewsAbyAesophagealAlevelA(knowAmidAesophageal-
AMEAandAtransgastric)AandAdegrees.A-AcorrectAanswers4ch-A0Adegrees



2ch-A90Adegrees

LAX-A120Adegrees

WhyAisAtheASAAnodeAtheAprimaryApacemaker?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheASAAnodeAhasAtheAhighestAintrinsicArateAofAanyAcardiacAtissue.

, TheAsaveAofAcontractionA(depolarization)AmovesAfromAtheAendocardiumAtoAtheAepicardium.A-
AcorrectAanswersInsideAtoAoutside.ALookAatAtheApurkinjeAfibersAabove.



WhatAisAtheAabsoluteArefractoryAstate?A-
AcorrectAanswersThatAperiodAwhenAaAmuscleAcellAisAnotAexcitable-


AfromAphaseA1AintoAphaseA3;AtheA'relativeArefractoryAperiod'AisAduringAphaseA3AandAtheAmuscleA


cellAmightAcontractAifAtheAstimulusAisAstrong.

KnowAwhatAPAwave,AP-RAinterval,ATAwaveArepresentsA-AcorrectAanswersPAwave-AatrialAsystole

P-RAinterval-AincludesAP-RAsegmentA(fromAatrialAtoAventricularAdepolarization)

QRSAcomplex-AventricularAdiastoleA(repolarization)

WhatAisAtheAnormalAdurationAforAtheAQRSAcomplex?A-AcorrectAanswers0.10Asec

Frank-SterlingALawA-AcorrectAanswersIncreasedAvolume=AincreasedAcontractilityA

RUBBERABANDATHEORY

AcuteAAIAisAhypercontractileAbecauseAweAshiftAupAtheAStarlingAcurveA-
AcorrectAanswersChronicAAIAisAfailureAwhenAweAdropAoffAtheAend



DoesAaAPDAA(patentAductusAarteriosus)AincreaseALVApreload?A-
AcorrectAanswersyesA(whenAshuntAL-R)



EchoAfindingAforApreloadAvs.Aafterload...A-AcorrectAanswersPreload=Adilatation

Afterload=Ahypertrophy

WhichAstudyAdoesAnotAallowsAforAtheAcalculationsAofAejectionAfraction?A-AcorrectAanswersCXR

DoesAvenousAreturnAincreaseAorAdecreaseAwithAinspiration?A-AcorrectAanswersIncrease

MitralAvalveAvelocityAduringAinspirationAincreasesAorAdecreases?A-AcorrectAanswersIncreases

HepaticAvenousAflowAreveralAindicatesA_______ATR.A-AcorrectAanswersSevere

GivenAaATRAvelocityAofA4.0m/secAwhatAisAtheARVSP?A-AcorrectAanswers70mmHg

AApatientAhasAaARVSPAofA60mmHg.AOneAyearAlaterAtheARVSPAisA30mmHg.AWhatAhappenedAtoAt
heApt?A-AcorrectAanswersCoandaAeffect?

CoandaAEffect-ADefine.A-AcorrectAanswersWallAhuggingAeffect

PulmonaryAvenousAsystolicAflowAreversalAis..A-AcorrectAanswersSevereAMR

WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAusedAinAechoAtoAmeasureAdP/dt?A-
AcorrectAanswersMitralAregurgitation



dP/dtAmeasurementAofAmitralAregurgitationAassessesAwhat?A-
AcorrectAanswersLVAsystolicAdysfunction